scholarly journals MRS University Chapter Special Project Awards

MRS Bulletin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Special Project

The Italian way to prevent groundwater contamination risk

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Civita ◽  
M. De Maio ◽  
A. Fiorucci
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Contamination ◽  
Groundwater Vulnerability ◽  
Aquifer Vulnerability ◽  
National Council ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Point Count ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
Special Project ◽  
Set Up

In the early 1980's the Italian scientific community, together with a number of institutional decision-makers, realized how urgent it was to protect natural and environmental resources. They agreed that an adequate level of scientifically organized knowledge allows the accurate planning and development of environmental systems through management and direction of the actual development process, without hindering it. Since the special project was first set up in 1984, as part of the GNDCI-CNR (National Group for the Defence against Hydrogeologic Disasters, of the Italian National Council of Research) scientific context, it has been the cardinal point of Research Line 4 “Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability”. The problem of groundwater contamination was examined in this project for the very first time in Italy in an organic and extensive manner as a key for forecasting and prevention purposes. The Italian approaches to assessing and mapping groundwater vulnerability to contamination are essentially based on two main methodologies:- The GNDCI Basic Method a HCS (Hazard Contamination Source) type approach that can be used for any type of Italian hydrogeologic situation, even where there is a limited amount of data. A unified legend and symbols are also defined for each hydrogeologic level.- The SINTACS [Soggiacenza (depth to groundwater); Infiltrazione (effective infiltration); Non saturo (unsaturated zone attenuation capacity); Tipologia della copertura (soil/overburden attenuation capacity); Acquifero (saturated zone characteristics); Conducibilità (hydraulic conductivity); Superficie topografica (Slope)] method, a PCSM (Point Count System Model) developed for use prevalently in areas with good data base coverage. The methodological approaches described in this paper now make up the Italian standard which has been set in the recent very important Italian Law (152/99) and which has now been ratified in the national guidelines produced by ANPA, the Italian National Agency for Environment Protection. In this paper the structure of the Research Line, the progress obtained by the 21 Research units (over 100 researchers) in 20 years of activity, the results gained etc. are briefly highlighted.

1993 Special Project Grants are Really Special!

1993 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-11
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass
Keyword(s):  
Special Project

People's security — today's challenges of a new approach to policing: Working experience of the Community Security Initiative (CSI) project in Kyrgyzstan 2011

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Mueller ◽  
Axel Ostlund
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Position ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Political Will ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communication Interaction ◽  
Interethnic Conflict ◽  
Police Ethics ◽  
Special Project

AbstractFor several years the OSCE has attempted to lobby and forge the political will to develop police reform in Kyrgyzstan. In June 2010 its police did not have the capacity to anticipate and prevent destabilisation and to maintain a neutral position in the management of the interethnic conflict. The fact that ethnic minorities are significantly underrepresented in the police contributed to this. As a result, the population's trust further deteriorated from an already existing critically low level. The then incumbent Transitional Government understood the need to support the police in restoring trust and confidence and hence requested the OSCE's assistance. A special project called the Community Security Initiative was created and a team of 28 international police advisors, supported by 21 local staff, deployed in January 2011 in twelve sensitive police stations including Osh. Using a new approach to communication/interaction these advisors try to change the perception of both the police and the population when addressing and resolving daily security problems in the communities. This requires a new and inventive approach putting peoples' security in the forefront. The main objective of CSI is to support the Kyrgyz Government in three main areas: improving relations between the police and the public, supporting and advising the MOI in respecting police ethics standards including human rights, and providing support and advice in the area of multiethnic policing.

scholarly journals bFGF Activates Integrin β1 and Subsequently Upregulates Collagens via the p-MEK1/2/p-ERK1/2 Signaling Pathway in L929 Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Yang ◽  
Shasha Hong ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Tingting Wang ◽  
Li Hong
Keyword(s):  
Pelvic Organ Prolapse ◽  
Pelvic Floor ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Pelvic Organ ◽  
Integrin Β1 ◽  
L929 Cells ◽  
Signal Transduction Protein ◽  
Special Project

Abstract The substantial loss of collagen in the supporting tissues of the pelvic floor is characteristic of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). A bFGF-induced collagen increase has been widely recognized by scholars, but the role of bFGF in pelvic floor dysfunction and the mechanism by which bFGF promotes collagen have not been reported. Here, we elucidated this mechanism. After bFGF stimulation, L929 cells showed significantly increased expression of collagen, integrin β1, and MEK1/2 signaling proteins. Our previous studies showed that integrin β1 plays an important role in electric stimulation-induced collagen expression, which suggests an underlying mechanism. By overexpressing and silencing integrin β1, we proved that integrin β1 is also an important signal transduction protein of bFGF that promotes collagen through the MEK1/2 pathway, which is a classic collagen-promoting pathway. In summary, these findings suggest that bFGF can stimulate the expression of collagen through the integrin β1/p-MEK1/2/p-ERK/1/2 signaling pathway in L929 cells. Keyword Pelvic organ prolapse; bFGF; integrinβ1; ERK1/2; Collagen Special project for Chinese women's pelvic floor dysfunction prevention and treatment (no. 201817092) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province（no.2019CFB149）.

scholarly journals Discovering a ‘Hidden’ Collection: Early Printed Books and Old Master Prints in the McGill Library Collected by T.W. Mussen

Fontanus ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Kochkina
Keyword(s):  
Research Community ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Special Project ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Article Analyse

Thomas W. Mussen (1832–1901) was the rector of the Anglican Church at West Farnham, Québec from 1859 to 1901, and bequeathed his collection of old master prints and early printed books to McGill University. This article describes a special project undertaken by the author in order to reconstruct the collection that has long remained hidden from the research community. This article analyses the book collection under language (5 categories), place of publication (3), date of publication (7), and subject (8) and demonstrates the uniqueness of the collection by comparing it to the holdings of other Canadian libraries.ResuméThomas W. Mussen (1832–1901) était le recteur de l’église anglicane à West Farnham, Québec de 1859 à 1901 qui a légué sa collection d’estampes et livres rares à l’Université McGill. Cet article décrit le projet spécial entrepris par l’auteur dans le but de reconstruire de sa collection longtemps cachée de la communauté de recherche. Cet article analyse la collection de livres en fonction de la langue (5 catégories), du lieu de publication (3), de la date de publication (7), et des sujets (8) et prouve le caractère unique de sa collection en la comparant aux fonds des autres bibliothèques canadiennes.

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